The door behind me. We do expect him to face new questions about the russia investigation that he announced at a different hearing back in march in which he said there is this ongoing fbi inquiry into these alleged coordinations between the Trump Associates and russian officials during the time of the election. The question is will he be able to advance the narrative beyond what we already know that the investigation is ongoing. He declined on a number of fronts and last hearing to give any specificity about the investigation. What will he do differently today . Democrats do intend to press him on mr. Comeys decision last fall, days before the election, to announce an Additional Investigation into further emails, Clinton Emails and something that she blames that cost her the election. I talked to one of the democrats on the committee yesterday. Dick blumenthal that said this is an issue that democrats plan to raise repeatedly today. He has discussed it in classified settings, but the A
Hearing but at an anything but routine time. What are we expecting here . Reporter youre absolutely right. The first testimony from fbi director james comey since the march hearing when he did divulge very carefully without giving statement beyond the simple statement that the fbi was investigating alleged russian meddling into the 2016 president ial election. There are going to be a lot of questions about that from both sides of the aisle. Youre right. Im here outside the senate room. The Judiciary Committee with a Standard Oversight Committee raerg. Very auspicious given everything thats happened, given the fact that Hillary Clinton spoke yesterday and laid much of the blame for her defeat at the feet of the fbi director. He just walked into the room. Didnt have a comment. Its all against the backdrop. Continuing to tweet is donald trump, the president tweeting this morning, fbi director comey was the best thing that happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for man
The world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were will following breaking news in the russia investigation. Tonight Democratic National committee calling for Jared Kushners security clearance to be revoked. Jared kushner is under fbi scrutiny. Cnn learning the election meddling is touching on multiple roles kushner played in both the Trump Campaign and during transition. Also breaking, sources tell cnn that james comey knew a critical piece of russian information related to the Hillary Clinton email probe was fake. Were told then fbi director feared the information would be leaked and undermine his investigation and that influenced his decision last summer to publicly declare that the Clinton Probe was over without consulting the attorney general. Also tonight, as the russia probe intensifies, wall street journal is reporting that president is now actively considering major changes in the white house, including shaking up his senior team. Mr. Trump reportedly has been discu
Comeys letter on october 28th and russian wikileaks raised doubts in the minds of pegoing but got scared off. Shannon john roberts joins us live from the north lawn. Hello, john. Bill good morning to you. Another busy day at the white house. 103 days into Donald Trumps presidency yesterday Hillary Clinton relitigating the results of the november 8th election. Taking a lot of the responsibility. In fact, saying she was responsible for the loss because she was a candidate in one breath and then on the other handles blaming the loss on the f. B. I. Director james comey for announcing he was reopening the investigation into her emails. Listen to what she said here. Of course, i take absolute personal responsibility. I was the candidate, i was the person who was on the ballot. The election was on october 27th i would be your president. It wasnt. It was on october 28th and there was a lot of funny business going on around that. President trump responded. Comey was the best thing that happene
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley, reporting tonight from manchester, england. Pelley this is our western edition. We are just outside the arena where the terror struck on monday night. Memorials have been growing larger by the hour. All day long, people young and old left flowers and messages. The death toll stands at 22. At last report, 64 of the 119 wounded were still in the hospital. 20 of them in critical condition. Isis claimed responsibility for the attack carried out by a 22 year old suicide bomber, a british citizen of libyan descent. He had traveled recently to libya, and investigators believe perhaps syria as well. When police raided the mans apartment they found no evidence that the bomb was made there. And that lead to a dragnet and multiple arrests today. Mark phillips begins our coverage. Reporter two days of raids and at least six arrests later including the bombers brother and police here have changed their minds that this attack was the work of one man. M